Hill Laboratories has a commitment to conduct it's business in an environmentally friendly way and the lab continues to go from strength to strength with the achievement of Enviro-Mark Diamond... Read more

Hill Laboratories recently announced its merger with the Hamilton based high-end laboratory Analytica. While small in size, Analytica was big on capability, which was a significant motivation for the merger to take place. As a result... Read more

Recently introduced LCMSMS1 compounds As part of our continuous improvement goals, we have recently introduced 4 new additions to our LCMSMS1 test, which means we can now screen for 56 separate chemicals in one analysis. Spirotetramat is the active... Read more

Testing to the Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) standard Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is a testing quality standard governed by OECD guidelines. GLP testing is required by industries that need to submit supporting documents to regulating bodies to gain... Read more

South Island expansion & our capabilities Over the last 12 months we have seen continued increases in demand for our testing services in the South Island. This laboratory is expanding in volumes and types of testing all the time. For instance, we... Read more

Reference Chromatograms for TPH We are about to re-do our reference chromatograms for TPH analysis. This provides a source of chromatograms which clients can compare to their own results, and is especially useful if something unusual turns up. It... Read more

ANZECC sediment metals SEM fraction now available The Australian and New Zealand guidelines for fresh and marine water quality 2000 (usually referred to as "ANZECC") provides guidelines for investigating contaminants in sediments (Section 3. 5). Figure... Read more

New IANZ Chemistry scope Over the past few months we have been working with IANZ to improve the format of our Chemistry scope with the goal of making it easier for our customers to find accredited tests. The previous version was quite difficult to... Read more

Leaf nutrient testing & feed quality parameters With the increase in use of Fodderbeet as a supplementary forage crop, the laboratory has now set up medium range levels for leaf nutrient testing mid-season), and for feed quality parameters (as bulb,... Read more

Method development of our Mehlich3 soil test has resulted in the laboratory now being able to report Mehlich3 Boron to a lower detection limit (0. 15 mg/L). This means the test is now more useful for a range of crops where low soil... Read more

As advised in our September 09 newsletter, we have now adopted the 0. 02M CaCl 2 extractable Aluminium (Al) method for assessing potential phytotoxicity for this element. The method previously used (1M KCl extract) had some significant... Read more

Knowledge is power . . . it may be a trite saying but nonetheless true when it comes to assessing farm-spend in these fairly tight times with drought, the high dollar and unpredictable returns all having an effect on decision-making. With fertiliser... Read more

MYLAB test tracker Have you heard about MYLAB? Have you heard about MYLAB? With MYLAB you will for the first time be able to log on to your own account and track the progress of samples as they go through our laboratory for testing. MYLAB is a simple... Read more

Introducing Hayley McConnell Hayley McConnell has recently joined Hill Laboratories in the role of Corporate Services Manager Her long career in the health sector (including time as the manager of Waikato Hospital in Hamilton, and then a developing... Read more

Hill Laboratories operations in Hamilton take place at 4 sites. The recent purchase of 2 significant pieces of property in Hamilton East creates the potential for Hamilton operations to be centralised to one site in future. Our... Read more

Hill Laboratories would like to thank those that participated in the 2010 customer opinion survey held between February and April this year. We have all the results back and have completed our analysis. Overall customer... Read more

? The best silage comes from good quality pasture. Conditions at harvest together with the practices used in the process dictate the quality of the silage made. Too often the silage analysis results that we see indicate that the... Read more

New testing being introduced in the environmental division Hill Laboratories is pleased to announce that the following tests have been developed with IANZ accreditation and are available on request: 1/ EDTA & NTA in potable water by... Read more

There are several changes to our reporting options we would like you to know about. These changes are being implemented by the end of March 2010. Reporting of Results As many of you are aware, Hill Laboratories has... Read more

Hill Laboratories & our customers Steve Howse - General Manager Hill Laboratories Hill Laboratories is the largest privately owned analytical testing company in NZ, and is proudly 100% NZ owned as well. Sometimes our customers ask me why we are... Read more